write me an  email message with at minimum of 3-paragraphs (opening/body/close) providing a summary and highlighting your thoughts on the speech by Steve Jobs .(video title is how to live before you die at Stanford university)

Will the brand equity of Coca Cola be a competitive advantage versus a private label (such as a large grocery store chain)?

Please answer.

1. Discuss the link between a brand image and pricing strategy.

2. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using social networks as part of a promotional campaign.

3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of celebrity endorsement in the promotion of fashion brands.

Demand averages 20,002 units per year and operates 365 days per year. Holding cost= $5 per unit per year while the ordering cost is $100 per order. Company is currently using a periodic (P) inventory system, holding 1000 units in safety stock to cover demand uncertainty and placing orders for every 73 days. The company is investigating the possibility of using a continuous review (Q) inventory system with holding 15 units in safety stock to cover demand uncertainty. Use the info to answer the next questions

Suppose a Q system is used with a lot size of 200 (not the EOQ) Assume the safety stock is 15 units.

A)What is the reorder point?

B) Under the company's current P system (from the begging) how much will annual holding costs be? Assume 1000 units in safety stock

C) Annual ordering costs?

D) What is the Target level for this P system?

Explain William Kline's argument that the purpose of business is to produce a good or service for trade and how does this view provide an ethical standard?

managers today are faced with difficult environments that can stress & put managers in to situations that can require difficult decisions

these decisions require awareness of the organization design & how effective it is managing stress and change

most importantly innovation

let's say that you are a middle tacticle manager in a major corporation and upper management has mandated you to make a presentation: management explaining how future management must take the above into consideration and how the concept will be implemented.

what five points will you touch on

describe each point with detail.

Need understanding for the concept to the question below.

Write 2 paragraphs on an advertisements that illustrate the needs for affiliation and discuss their effectiveness?

A company wants to build a warehouse to serve three markets and has determined the markets and their relative locations as follows:

Market A- (10,20) Load 300

Market B- (20,15) Load 100

Market C- (15,25) Load 200

a.If the company has narrowed down the warehouse location to either market B or C, which location would be a better choice using load-distance score method, assuming rectilinear distance? b. If the company has decided to locate the facility at the center of gravity, what are the coordinates of the center of gravity? And what would be the load-distance score of this choice, assuming rectilinear distance?

1. Develop a five point promotion mix plan for shake shack. Which factors would you include?Exclude? Why?

2. As a restaurant patron, what would you think of a strategy that permits no tipping of the waitstaff? As a member of the waitstaff, what would you think?

1. You own a garment factory and have two important seasons in the year: Summer and Winter. What type of inventories are needed to ensure a service level as high as possible at the same time that you keep your inventories as low as possible? Explain your answer.
2. Explain with your own words the difference between Firm, Trading and Future Planning Zone. Think of any industry you like and provide an example of the meaning of those zones in that industry.
3. In which part of the CPFR process should an MSA be documented and why?

Based on the report of "HTC decline into obscurity - Tech company experienced precipitous fall after rapid rise
Reference", what will be the drivers of success for the business turnaround for HTC in term of resource-based and institution-based?

Discuss the 2-3 most striking characteristics in the Chinese culture that are involved in communicating with local people that would affect business interactions and negotiating within China. Discuss how you would deal with any of these unique characteristics as a businessperson from the US.

1. Under the old production system, it took 8 days to complete one tote bag. This is a measure of?

2. With improvements in troubleshooting, Vuitton has been able to reduce the number of returns on handbags at two of its factories. This reduction in the number of flaws in its products is an example of improvements in?

3. As a result of insufficient production rates, customers were frequently being put on long waiting lists. By increasing production capacity to meet increased demand, Vuitton was attempting to achieve higher?

4. The manufacturing process that best describes Vuitton’s old production methods would be?

5. When Vuitton made an assessment of its manufacturing process, it discovered that items were often left sitting on carts waiting to be moved to the next work station. In response, Vuitton eliminated separate work stations and rearranged its factory floors into U-shaped clusters with adjacent tables. Vuitton’s transition to a more efficient system demonstrates its commitment to quality through?